Enami Nobukuni (1859-1929) was a professional photographer in
Yokohama, Kanagawa. Nobukuni apprenticed under Ogawa Isshin, one of Japan's
pioneer photographers who helped introduce dry-plate technology to Japan. Enami
had a studio on Benten-dori street in Yokohama from 1892-1929. The studio sold
scenic views of Japan and portraits of Japanese to tourists, in the form of
souvenir photo albums, stereographs, hand-colored lantern slides and prints.
Enami also opened studios in Hong Kong and the Philippines, and his images were
published and sold abroad, though often not attributed to him.

The name T. Enami is believed to be a trade name used by Nobukuni
which also suited the studio after it was taken over by his son Tamotsu; though
not a photographer himself, Tamotsu operated the studio until 1945, when the
studio was destroyed by American bombings of Yokohama.

Enami has been underrated by photo historians; only recently is his
importance as a photographer being realized.

Lantern slides produced by T. Enami studios. Most of the slides are of
Japan, while some others are of Algeria and other locations in the Sahara
Desert. Also included are other slides of Japan, which may also have been
produced by Enami but include slides produced by Keystone View Company, Grace
L. Nichols, and other studios. Most of the slides feature people (especially
people at work), agriculture, temples, and general landscapes. Some of the
slides are hand-colored.